Christmas 2014 TV Specials: When And Where To Watch Holiday-Themed Episodes Of Your Favorite TV Shows

Catch the new holiday special "Toy Story That Time Forgot" when it premieres on ABC on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. EST. Photo: ABC

Are you ready for Christmas? The TV world is making sure that viewers are in the holiday spirit early this year with special themed programs and episodes. From “Blackish” to “The Vampire Diaries,” TV shows in all genres are breaking out the Christmas trees and gathering around the fire. Check out some of the festive and fun programming set to premiere throughout the month of December.

NBC -- “How Murray Saved Christmas”: Get in the holiday spirit with this new animated musical comedy. Actors Jerry Stiller, Sean Hayes and Jason Alexander lend their voices to a tale about a “cranky deli owner” who is “forced to fill in for Santa on Christmas.”

Time: 8:30 p.m. EST

Disney -- “Dog With a Blog”: Hilarity ensues for the gang in the 2014 holiday special, “Stan Steals Christmas.”

Time: 9:00 p.m. EST

CBS -- “A Very Grammy Christmas”: Watch Ariana Grande, Maroon 5 and more perform as the Grammy nominees for Album of the Year are announced.

NBC -- “Grimm”: Christmas is coming to “Grimm” in “The Grimm Who Stole Christmas.” Fans can watch Monroe plan a special surprise for Rosalee as a string of “bizarre” home invasions occur.

Fox -- “The Simpsons”: Marge tells Homer not to come home on Christmas after he “stays too long at Moe’s Tavern on Christmas Eve.”

ABC – “Toy Story That Time Forgot”: It’s up to Trixie to help the gang when some new action figures turn out to be “dangerously delusional.”

Time: 11:30 p.m. EST

Cartoon Network -- “Robot Chicken”: Celebrate “every holiday that has ever existed” in a 2014 special titled “Lots of Holidays but Don’t Worry Christmas Is Still in There Too So Pull the Stick Out of Your A** Fox News Special.”

Monday, Dec. 8

Time: 8:00 p.m. EST

ABC Family -- “The Fosters”: Callie and Jude spend their first Christmas with the Fosters in this 2014 holiday episode, “Christmas Past.”

ABC -- “The Great Christmas Light Fight”: The fight to create the most elaborate Christmas display is on in Season 2 of this reality competition.

CW -- “The Originals”: The Mikaelson family reunites in this Christmas-themed episode.

Time: 9:00 p.m. EST

ABC Family -- “Switched at Birth”: Find out what would have happened if Bay and Daphne never switched lives in the 2014 holiday episode, “Yuletide Fortune Tellers.”

Time: 10:00 p.m. EST

History -- “Swamp Christmas”: Watch how the “Swamp People” cast prepares for Christmas in this 2014 holiday special.

Tuesday, Dec. 9

Time: 8:00 p.m. EST

ABC Family -- “Pretty Little Liars”: The girls must search for evidence in order to clear Spencer as a suspect in the murder of Bethany Young.